“Cons
But these are some of the constraints
Not much of an eye-candy desktop
Legacy desktop layout (menu & icons)” [Linux Mint]
Sound like Pros to me....
Note that it is nearly trivial to add a photo as wallpaper in Mint. [Distros tend to supply a number of attractive choices, but one can round up one’s own].
It should have included this:
(But can be easily customized to anything you like.)